There's a new trend in word mis-use that's driving me nuts, primarily because I can't tell if it's being done intentionally or not.
Either it's an honest mistake that somehow snowballed, or part of the hip new semantic of the interweb.
I'm talking about using the word 'of' when you mean 'have'.
Example:
"I should of retained my grammar skills from high school"
I realize that 'should've' sounds just like 'should of', but why not use 'should've' which is at least correct? It's not like typing/writing 'of' saves you alot of time compared to 've' or anything.
Following this logic, people who employ this switcheroo should also say things like:
"What are you thinking have?"
or
"Of yourself a merry little Christmas"
So if anyone has any idea what the deal is, I'd love to hear it. I want to make sure I'm not missing anything I should of known about (DOH!).
University Have North Carolina Graduate, Eric Willhelm
